Seventeen people were killed in China after a two-storey restaurant collapsed during a gathering Saturday morning, state media said.
The official Xinhua News Agency said 28 other people were injured in the accident, including 21 in serious condition.The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear.
Hundreds of rescue workers, wearing hardhats and face masks, searched for trapped people in a daylong operation. Video posted by Chine Central Television showed them hefting heavy pieces of concrete. At least once, the remaining frame of the building shook but didn't fall.A woman puts down her face mask walks by the Turret of the Forbidden City in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020.
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